Sherrod Brown actually said...

"In 2019, a doctor's office in the Mahoning Valley in Ohio experienced a disturbing attack: hackers locked the office computers, making them unusable."

"We're here today because crypto also can be used to make it easier to commit crimes--facilitating illicit finance, terrorism, and other forms of criminal activity, and threatening our national securit..."

"This Committee has been examining digital assets to learn how they work and the risks they create for consumers and the financial system."

"We have seen too much of that in the regulatory parts of our government, and this is a new day."